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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Alongside fellow Green MPs and Peers, I have written to the Justice Secretary to express my serious concern about the wellbeing and conditions of the hunger strikers. Five of the strikers have now been hospitalised - it is clear Lammy must take urgent action to prevent tragedy.

Dear David,

We are writing to express our concern about eight prisoners who took action in solidarity with Palestine in August 2024. Amu Gib, Qesser Zuhrah, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, Teuta Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, Muhammad Umer Khalid and Lewie Chiaramello are all being held on remand: none has been convicted. They are all on hunger strike, some since 2 November, in protest at their prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, censorship of communications and alleged mistreatment in custody.

We share concerns about the length of time they have been detained without trial. Some of the protestors have already been imprisoned for over a year and we note the assessment by UN human rights experts that terrorism powers were misused to circumvent normal legal protections, with this being a potential cause of excessively long pre-charge detention (ref). We are also worried by reports about their treatment and support the call on you made in Early Day Motion 2386 (ref) to intervene urgently to ensure their treatment is humane and their human rights are upheld.

To that end, would you:

• ensure the hunger strikers are not denied clinical monitoring or hospital access;
• instigate an immediate review of the remand/bail decisions in these cases;
• confirm that counter terror powers are not being misapplied to protest activity.

These protestors must also be guaranteed their right to a fair trial – the decision since their arrest to proscribe Palestine Action puts this seriously at risk. We would therefore like to know what measures you are putting in place to ensure such a vital cornerstone of our justice system is upheld, both in relation to the charges brought against these specific prisoners and more broadly in relation to offences committed by others acting in solidarity with Palestine.

Lastly, we urge you to meet with the families and loved ones of the prisoners on hunger strike – we understand you have not responded yet to representations they have made, and trust you will be o…

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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What the hell is wrong with Lammy? He's showing no humanity or compassion. Ignoring the hunger strikers won't make them go away, that's not leadership it's cowardice. He's unfit to be an MP.

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IKnowAlanGilzean @iknowalangilzean.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

He serves the Zionist dystopia not Britain or its people.

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